Photo courtesy of Pyatt Funeral Home - Pinckneyville
Jan 11, 1938 - May 31, 2018
Mrs Lazenby was one of my teachers during high school in Rockford IL. She was a really nice, down to earth, unpretentious individual. I appreciated how she embodied the best of Midwestern values. Being in her class, I felt valued and accepted despite not being part of the typical upper middle class larger student body. I remember her to this day.
Marcia Berg-Engstrom
September 29, 2018 | WA | Student
JIM AND FAMILY Sharon was a wonderful person and friend who always treated everyone with respect and kindness
Max Keene
June 24, 2018 | Pinckneyville, IL | Friend
Dear Jim & family, with loving memories of a wonderful lady, we are so sorry to hear of the loss of your dear Sharon. Such a sweet and kind friend to us. We have you all in our thoughts and in our prayers during this very sad and very difficult time. Praying for God's comfort and strength now and in all the days ahead. Sherry & Ron Ridgeway & family & Tom Keene
Sherry & Ron Ridgeway
June 23, 2018 | Pinckneyville, IL
Jim and family: So very sorry for your loss. You have our sincere sympathy. Sharon will be missed by all who knew her.
Karla & Ed Wesseln
June 22, 2018 | Pinckneyville, IL
So sorry for your loss. Sharon was a special lady. Always enjoyed talking with her.
Diana Woidside
June 08, 2018 | Du Quoin, IL | Acquaintance
We send our deepest sympathy to Jim and family. We have wonderful memories of Sharon. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Irene and Bob Davis
June 08, 2018 | Taylorville, IL
Sharon K. (Lipe) Lazenby, age 80, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Pinckneyville, IL, passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. at Banner Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, AZ.
Sharon was born January 11, 1938, in Marshall Browning Hospital, DuQuoin, IL, the daughter of Joe R. and Viola M. (Bender) Lipe. She married Jim D. Lazenby on June 28, 1958, at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Pinckneyville, IL. Sharon was baptized in St. Paul United Church of Christ, Pinckneyville, IL of which she was a lifelong member. A graduate of Pinckneyville Community High School and Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Sharon worked as a teacher in Rockford, IL for thirty-three years.
Survivors include her husband of nearly sixty years, Jim Lazenby of Mesa, AZ; one daughter, Kathy M. Gray of Louisville, KY; and one granddaughter, Sydney R. Gray of Louisville, KY.
We will honor Sharon’s life during the 10:00 a.m. worship service at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville, IL, on Sunday, June 24, 2018. The public is invited to attend. Friends and family will have an opportunity to visit with the family at St. Paul United Church of Christ from 11:00 until 11:45 a.m.
Graveside inurnment will be held at Mueller Hill Cemetery, Pinckneyville, IL, on Sunday, June 24, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. with Reverend Cindy Bean officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Paul United Church of Christ.
Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, IL, will oversee arrangements.
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